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The "Unexpected Inflation" Will Show Up In 24 Days
For a while I’ve been thinking that come January, we will be over the hump of the sharp CPI declines in 4q 2008. At that point the financial press won’t be able to point to year/year declines in prices, and I will be very curious to see if they finally admit we are not stuck […]
Read moreGold Briefly Breaks $1,170 / oz.
The quote right now is $1169.90, but the headline on CNBC said gold had broken $1,170 / oz. Incidentally, can the Mishites (followers of Mish) explain why other commodities are doing pretty well too? I.e. my very crude understanding is that Mish is saying something like, “Our economy runs on credit. There is a huge […]
Read moreSNL Sums Up US/China Relations
The buzz is justified: This SNL clip really is surprisingly good in terms of the political economy. It’s pretty funny too. (HT2LRC)
Read moreCNBC Brushes Off One World Government
I heard about this on Glenn Beck. Check out the bombshell hedge fund manager Damon Vickers drops, and how the CNBC guy brushes it off. A few possibilities occur to me: (1) The guy just didn’t even process what Vickers was saying; he was so tuned into financial analysis that the “crazy talk” went right […]
Read moreCan God Own Your Soul?
In recent weeks I have annoyed my atheist readers by declaring that God owns the universe, and I have annoyed some of my libertarian readers by declaring that ideas can’t be owned. So I thought I would try to be doubly annoying today: Can God own your soul? This question is interesting for those of […]
Read moreThe Skeptics Really Are Skeptics
This particular blog post does not bear on the truth of anthropogenic (manmade) global warming. I’m not going to bother pasting anything here, because the point is (if you’re interested) you need to scroll through Anthony Watts’ post (at a leading skeptic website) and just get the general flavor. There are tons of people saying […]
Read moreA Few More Awkward Emails From the CRU Hack
Regarding the hacking of the Climate Research Unit (CRU)’s webmail server: Before I begin, let me make the obligatory observation that hacking into someone’s computer system is morally wrong. I thought that goes without saying, but apparently not (since everyone is going out of his way to say it). If this were about cybersex between […]
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